Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Light cruiser |
Class | Omaha |
Pennant | CL 5 |
Built by | Todd Shipbuilding & DryDock Co. (Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 13 Dec 1918 |
Launched | 24 Mar 1922 |
Commissioned | 20 Jun 1923 |
End service | 20 Apr 1944 |
History | Transferred on loan to Soviet Union on 20 April 1944 renamed Murmansk. |
Career notes | To the USSR as Murmansk |
Commands listed for USS Milwaukee (CL 5)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Forrest Betton Royal, USN | Oct 1941 | 28 Nov 1942 (1) |
2 | Capt. Jacob Harry Jacobson, USN | 28 Nov 1942 | 1 Jul 1943 (1) |
3 | Charles Frederick Fielding, USN | 1 Jul 1943 | 20 Apr 1944 |
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